 2007
Artisan Marketplace
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| Bruce
Koike combines art and science in “Gyotaku”
(ghio-tah-ku) artwork. Gyotaku is the art of painting a fish, applying
rice paper, and then rubbing the rice paper with the fish underneath
in order to capture the image on the rice paper. Fish have played
a significant role in Bruce Koike’s early life. He earned
a Master of Science degree in Fisheries at Oregon State University
and upon graduation has worked in major public aquariums in both
New Orleans, Louisiana and Newport, Oregon. Currently, Bruce directs
the Aquarium Science Technology Program at Oregon Coast Community
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| Ryan
Bledsoe knows glass.
The entrepreneur has 11 years of experience under his belt
as owner and operator of Hummingbird Auto Glass, and four years
ago, he embarked on an artistic journey to learn the art of
glass blowing. In June 2005, Bledsoe took his craft to the
next level with the opening of The Edge Gallery in South Beach,
where he can be found nearly every day giving glass blowing
demonstrations or classes in the gallery's on-site hot shop. |
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| Mary Betthauser makes pendants from natural materials -- small shells and shards found on the beaches of Mexico, the Gulf Coast and here in Newport. She also works with gemstones such as agate, jasper and jade. At SeaFest, Mary will also be displaying and selling beautiful ironwood carvings of marine animals made by an artist in Mexico, as well as photo cards of the local coastal environment. |
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featured artists: |
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| Pamela
Parker watercolors and mixed media |
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| Lew
Sadowski sailboat wind chimes |
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| DeWayne
Scrivner sandblasted glass etchings |
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